Wendell Barnhouse is a nationally-known and respected columnist who has spent over 20 years covering collegiate athletics. He has reported from 25 Final Fours and more than three dozen bowl games and has written about the Big 12 and its schools since the conference's beginning. Barnhouse will be updating the Big 12 Insider on happenings and behind-the-scenes information about the conference.

An inside look at how
the Iowa State players and coaches watched the Selection Sunday show.

For Oklahoma coach Lon
Kruger, seeing his fifth different school reach an NCAA Tournament was like
watching kids open presents on Christmas morning.

Kansas State coach
Bruce Weber was happiest with two aspects of his team's NCAA Tournament
placement - the Wildcats will start play in Kansas City and that they won't
play until Friday.

A look at how Kansas
has fared as the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.